Lynnwood’s Olympus Spa heading to US Supreme Court after Ninth Circuit denies rehearing of case
LYNNWOOD—The Ninth Circuit Court on March 12 denied petitions by Lynnwood-based Olympus Spa for a rehearing of its case in front of the original three-panel judges against the enforcement action by the Washington State Human Rights Commission (WSHRC), and a rehearing en banc by the full Ninth Circuit to not allow pre-op transwomen access to its female-exclusive […]
Bill to regulate ALPR Cameras passes state Senate, now heads to House
OLYMPIA [CASSIE DIAMOND]—A bill establishing a regulatory structure for automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras advanced out of the state Senate Wednesday, Feb. 4. Senate Bill 6002 would restrict the use of ALPR cameras by state and local agencies, set a retention period for the data collected and limit the sharing of data. ALPR cameras, also […]
SNAP vendor agrees to not disclose SNAP recipient data to USDA after AG Brown lawsuit
SEATTLE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has secured an agreement with a state vendor, Fidelity Information Services, to protect the private, personal data of more than 1 million Washington residents who receive federal food assistance benefits. Its lawsuit against the company has been dismissed. “When someone in Washington signs up for help putting food on the […]
Senators’ half-a-million-dollar surveillance payday exposes flawed privacy laws
When senators discovered they had been subjected to unconstitutional surveillance, they voted themselves half a million dollars each. The rest of us got nothing. Last month, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) revealed that President Joe Biden’s FBI had spied on eight Republican senators’ phones. Former Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith, investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, secretly monitored who contacted the senators, […]
